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December 12, 2008

Malnourished numbers increase by 40 million in twelve months

The Guardian reports that a further 40 million people in the world are hungry this year - a total of 963 million compared with 923 million in 2007. This is as a result of higher food prices.

The article states that "the State of Food Insecurity in the World 2008, suggests the price of major cereals has fallen by nearly 50% from its peak earlier this year. But in October they were still 28% higher than compared in October 2006. Seeds and fertilizer prices are also more than twice what they were in 2006, leaving poor farmers unable to increase production".